Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140414
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '23 at 07:17
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 202 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 375 50% 372 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 546.01 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.3 Reflection 48.7 Parallax 43.4 38% 46.5 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 38 32% 39.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 322 Mixed 294 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 37.8 134% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 140 133% 204 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 97%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 399GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 114 113 102 114 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Read 104 Write 90.2 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 110 67% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 391GB free Firmware: 02.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 112 108 98 109 104 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 106 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 225% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-2133C9-4GXL 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-2133C9-4GXL 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 2133, 1600, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	210	52	30	27.5"	1280 720	SAM0C4E U28E590

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO (Wi-Fi ac)

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	583x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	131x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	84x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	41x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	29x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16